1 STANDARDS AND SPECIFICATIONS (TRH; TMH and COLTO) FEEDBACK

2 BACKGROUND  Committee (Messrs Perrie, Sadzik and van der Walt) delegated to have meeting with NDOT and SANRAL oTook place on 4 December 2006  Discussion  Availability of TRH and TMH documentation  Who should take responsibility for revision and/or upgrading of these documents and when  Which authority will accept responsibility for further management of these documentation

3 RESOLUTION TAKEN AT MEETING  AVAILABILITY: SANRAL and NDOT will place existing TRH and TMH on their respective websites for the industry use and downloading  REVISION AND UPGRADING: Will take place according to a list of priority needs that was completed by NDOT with assistance of RMC  RMC to manage process and to obtain sponsors for the upgrading of documents

4 RESOLUTION TAKEN AT MEETING (Cont.)  COTO is the custodian of all TRH and TMH documents.  NDOT will obtain ratification for revised TRH and TMH documents in future.  Confirmed need for upgrading/revision of COLTO Standard Specifications for Roads and Bridge Works for State Road Authorities (1998 edition)

5 COTO Technical Recommendations for Highways (TRH) Documents

6 (Cont.)

7 COTO Technical Methods for Highways (TMH) Documents

8 PROGRESS  Availability  Scanned in TRH and TMH documents and placed on website  Website:  Revision and Upgrading  Completed: TRH 3  Upgrading in progress: TRH 12 and TMH 1  Upgrading COLTO Standard Specification  Co-ordinating meeting with Gautrans  Busy preparing framework for upgrading process  Will involve industry in process  COLTO/SANS integration?

9 PROGRESS (Cont.)  NDOT researched Reports/Manuals  To be scanned in ( ± 197 reports )  Need original or copies of reports

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